Odebolt High School - Trojan Yearbook (Odebolt, IA)

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It is well for us to pause, midway through the century, to take stock of the progress in education made in our community. Odebolt High School graduated its first class in 1886, from a s m a I I frame building which was razed years ago to make room for a larger, brick structure. At the satisfied-that this building would be adequate for all time to come. lts pride was tum of the Cen- short-lived, however, for in a compar- tury, Odebglf was ative-ly few years, as better educational Very proud of this, facilities encouraged school attendance Its new Spacious on the part oflmore children, this once School bljildingi G-he large building was seriously overcrowded. date onitSComerStOneiS1899-, For several years, some classes were held Old time residents tell us that it was thought 'n moms down town- SCWO' progrgms then that Odebolt's educational needs were were expcmdmg as mme went on, demand- ing more and more room and equipment, and so in l93O our present high school b u i l d i n g was erected, and the former building was taken for the grade school and junior and junior high. The building was fin- anced by a bond issue totaling 588,000 The last of those Bonds were paid in November, l949,

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l N M E M 0 R l A M The student body of Odebolt high school has been shocked and saddened on two occasions this year, by the tragic deaths of school mates. The Trojan staff takes this means to express the feeling of loss which the school has experienced in these untimely deaths. UNABELL VOGT '53 Unabell Ann Vogt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Vogt of Deloit, was born on July l, I934, at Deloit. Previous to her enrollment in Odebolt High School as a freshman she attended the Stock- holm Township School in Crawford county. Her death on Februray 2, l95O was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning in an automobile in Arthur. She is survived by her parents, three brothers and one sister. HARLAN GOSCH '51 Harlan Gosch, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gosch, was born on March l6, l933. He received his elementary education in the rural school near his home in Levy Township, and entered the Odebolt High School in the fall of I947. He was killed in an automobile accident on December 3, l949. Harlan was an active member of the F. F. A., 4-H Club and Walther League. He is sur- vived by his parents and one sister, Janice. page one

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just at the time when many rural schools have been closed and re- districting of rural areas is under way. Once again, a once-spacious school building is taxed to capacity. Those who planned our high school could not forsee the great influx of pupils from adjacent rural areas, which began several years ago and has increased steadily to the point where now the school district owns five school busses to transport its We look back with iuirion pupils. tSee inside P0fd0n0?'e S0'f'SfC'Cf'0n of back cover for map of present on Ordeboll 5 l1F'lf'Cen'fUfY Of school b U s routes., Education educational achievement. What from its Very rmrurel is always does the second half of the century hold ir, the process or development' -for Odebolt and the Odebolt community lt never becomes a fait accompli. 'n the Way of edu Cohonol Offvoncfi- As rr reaches one goo' ir ment? A. school system, just like surges Orr ro Onorher any other institu- tion cannot stand more distant. still. Should it at- tempt to do so, it immediately loses ground. Odebolt's educational plant has reached anoth- er milestone. The high school building is crowded and the grade school is fast becoming unfit for use. Odebolt as a community takes too much pride in its schools and the accomplishments of its children to permit inadequate facilities to hamper their development. That is the challenge of the last half of the twentieth Century.